Jonny Steele

Football player infobox| playername = Jonny Steele
fullname = Jonathan Steele
nickname =


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1986|02|7
cityofbirth = Larne
countryofbirth = Northern Ireland
height = height|ft=6|in=0
currentclub = Puerto Rico Islanders
clubnumber = 22
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2004
2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
2005-2007
2007
2007-2008
2008-"current"
clubs = Wolverhampton Wanderers
Syracuse Salty Dogs
Kansas City Comets "(indoor)"
Rochester Raging Rhinos
Baltimore Blast "(indoor)"
Carolina RailHawks
Philadelphia KiXX "(indoor)"
Puerto Rico Islanders
caps(goals) =00 0(0)
09 0(1)
13 0(8)
18 0(1)
39 (13)
19 0(0)
17 0(7)
26 0(2)

Jonathan "Jonny" Steele (born February 7, 1986 in Larne, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish soccer midfielder who has spent most of his career in the U.S. leagues. He currently plays for the Puerto Rico Islanders.

He played with the Wolverhampton Wanderers in England and was a member of the Northern Ireland U-19 National Team. In 2003, he came to the United States for a trial an ultimately unsuccesful trial with the Dallas Burn of Major League Soccer. In 2004, he signed with the Syracuse Salty Dogs of the USL First Division [ [http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/2004/stats04c.htm#SYR 2004 Syracuse Salty Dogs] ] and that fall, he joined the Kansas City Comets of Major Indoor Soccer League. [ [http://www.howesportsdata.com/howesportsdata/stats/soccer/misl/misl05.txt 2004-2005 MISL Stats] ] He played thirteen games before the Comets placed him on the inactive roster to allow him to compete with the Northern Ireland U-19 national team. [ [http://www.howesportsdata.com/howesportsdata/stats/soccer/misl/misl05.txt MAJOR INDOOR SOCCER LEAGUE FINAL OFFICIAL REPORT - 2004-2005] ] He returned to the U.S. and spent the 2005 summer with the Rochester Rhinos of USL-1. [ [http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/2005/stats05a.htm#ROC 2005 Rochester Rhinos] ] The Comets had folded at the end of the 2004-2005 season and the Baltimore Blast selected Steele with the 26th pick in the Dispersal Draft. He won the 2006 MISL Championship with the Blast. He played for the Rhinos again in the summer of 2006. [ [http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/2006/stats06a.htm#ROC 2006 Rochester Rhinos] ] In the spring of 2007, he signed with the expansion Carolina RailHawks of the USL First Division. He was also the first pick of the expansion Orlando Sharks in the 2007 MISL Expansion Draft, [ [http://www.orlandosharks.com/headlines.aspx?id=20 Orlando Sharks Draft League Standouts] ] but was traded to the Philadelphia KiXX in exchange for Gaston Pernia. [ [http://www.misl.net/news/?cat=1&id=5145 SHARKS TRADE FOR ALL-STAR DEFENDER GASTON PERNIA] ] Steele played seventeen games with the KiXX during the 2007-2008 MISL season, missing part of the season with a foot injury. [ [http://www.howesportsdata.com/howesportsdata/stats/soccer/misl/daily.txt MAJOR INDOOR SOCCER LEAGUE DAILY REPORT] ] In the spring of 2008, he moved to the Puerto Rico Islanders of USL-1.

References

External links

* [http://www.kixxonline.com/players/?id=78 Philadelphia KiXX Player Profile]
* [http://www.puertoricoislandersfc.com/islanders_pro_jsteele.html Puerto Rico Islanders Player Profile]